MAHCP – Who We Are

HEALTHCARE PURCHASING COALITION

The Montana Association of Health Care Purchasers (MAHCP) is an independent, not-for-profit partnership of public and private employers formed in 1994 by several of the largest employers in Montana to pool their purchasing power. This association was originally established to encourage competition, quality improvement and cost savings in our regions health care. MAHCP has more recently evolved into a health information focused, data driven organization through the power of its membership and technology. MAHCP is the only health care purchasing, data focused coalition in the region, representing multiple public and private employers of various size, and covering approximately 100,000 employees and their dependents. Our goal is to provide purchasing power, expertise, data resources, and a voice to our members for obtaining and providing cost efficient, quality health care to employees and their dependents.

Mission:

To build a leadership forum through which a cohesive coalition of local and regional health care purchasers can work with varied health care service stakeholders to improve health care access, quality and affordability by reducing administrative complexity, overuse, under-use and misuse of health care services.

Goals:

Provide a forum for discussion and a unified voice for our Membership to address issues related to health care affordability and quality.